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King Mohammed VI has called on the government, Parliament and all the institutions concerned to review the country’s development model to keep abreast of the rapid changes unfolding in the North African Kingdom. In a speech he delivered Friday (Oct.13) before members of the Parliament’s two Houses, the Moroccan Sovereign said such an overhaul has […]
Egypt’s highest administrative court Tuesday issued a new verdict opposing Egyptian parliament’s approval of government decision to surrender Tiran and Sanafir islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia. The Tuesday ruling is the second by the court. The court, the highest judicial entity to settle administrative disputes, last year ruled against the Egyptian government’s […]
The new government led by the PJD’s Saad Eddine El Othmani won a vote of confidence in the Moroccan Parliament ending a six-month long post-electoral deadlock that left the country without a government. Moroccan MPs approved the new governmental coalition by 208 votes in favor and 91 votes against, while forty deputies abstained. Speaking to […]
Leftist MP Habib El Malki of the USFP party was elected Monday Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament amid fears that such a decision may further complicate the stalling formation of a coalition government by Abdelilah Benkirane, Secretary General of the Islamist PJD party. Benkirane was appointed Head of Government by King Mohammed VI […]
King Mohammed VI has called for an administrative reform to address the shortcomings of state agencies and improve the efficiency of these agencies in meeting citizen’s needs “I urge everyone – the Government, Parliament, political parties, trade unions, civil society organizations and civil servants – to commit to a keen sense of national responsibility in […]
Morocco will have its first Islamic bank next year, according to a statement made lately in Kuwait by governor by the central bank of the North African country Abdellatif Jouahri. Morocco will become thus the latest Muslim-majority country to develop a regulatory framework specific to Islamic finance after the parliament approved last year a bill […]
Morocco, which will host the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) next year, has adopted a major green move translating its attachment to the protection of the environment. Six years ago, the North African country banned black plastic bags. Now the Moroccan House of Representatives (Parliament) has […]
The King of Morocco has urged the members of Parliament and political parties to shoulder their responsibility and to honor the commitments they made to their voters, to heed their claims and respond to their pressing concerns and to avoid trivial disputes. “Representing the citizens is a great responsibility. It must be shouldered by elected […]
The Tunisian ministry of interior told Tunisian online media outlets Monday to be on the alert as it received tip-off that militants are plotting to attack them. The media in questions include Business News, Akher Khabar, Hakaek On line. The ministry indicated that Ifriqyia, an online media belonging to the terrorist group “Okba Ibn Nafee” […]
The building of the General National Congress (GNC) is becoming of the state buildings often attacked by militants to show their anger against the government or settle scores with political figures. The latest attack on the GNC is reported to have been carried out by a rebel brigade from the Zintan region against Islamist hardliners. […]